Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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overland

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

Forms overlands overlanding overlanded

  1. adjective (especially of travel) By or across land. “Let's take the overland route.”
  2. adverb Over, across, or by land.
  3. noun (travel) A trip by land between the UK and the Indian subcontinent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
  4. verb (transitive, Australia) To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land.
  5. verb (intransitive, Australia) To travel across land.
  6. verb (intransitive) To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle.

Synonyms

drove

Antonyms

overwater

Etymology

From over + land.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.
  2. adverb By, upon, or across, land.

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “overland”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details